Director – Michael Crum (Malice, The Cursed Tapes)
Starring – Daffy Arellano (Blood Vow, Lake Fear), MarkAnthony Baca (Roadkill, The Legend of El Chupacabra), and Donny Boaz (Hidden Murder Island, Black Easter)
Release Date – 2024
Rating – 2/5
My October horror binge has been in full swing for several weeks now and I’m absolutely enjoying every minute of it. I try to watch and review as many films as possible during October and a lot of times I find myself checking out movies I’ve never seen before. Sadly, I can’t always like the movie I’m watching. Not all the movies sent to me for review are going to be ones I like and I may not be the targeted audience.
That doesn’t mean they are bad movies, because they are not. I still enjoy watching them and while I may not care for the film, I respect the amount of time and hard work that goes into them. A few weeks back I was contacted by producer Gerald Crum to review several of his films. After watching The Cursed Tapes, I moved on to the second film People in the Walls.
**Spoiler Alert** The film follows a young girl who tries a viral game in hopes of talking with the “people in the wall.” Her first attempt fails but she soon tries again and this time she becomes a bit more successful. She becomes obsessed with the idea of people in the walls and continues trying it before she accidentally unleashes something sinister from a world we cannot see. **Spoiler Alert**
This is another film sent to my way for the October horror binge that I knew absolutely nothing about prior to viewing it. I went into it thinking I was getting something like the People Under the Stairs but what I actually had here was a film that had a similar plot to Charlie Charlie, Tarot, and several more. I wanted to love it but it had a lot working against it.
The acting in this one is really well done. I really liked the cast and the young actors in this one do one hell of a job. It’s not often that I get a film in that predominately features a young cast that does as fantastic as this one does. The supporting cast is great but these young actors kill it.
The story for this one is where the film loses me. I’ve seen a dozen or so horror films that follows a youth or several of them as they try a viral craze, local legend, and so on only for it to come true forcing them to fight for their lives. I’ve seen it so many times by this point and when you have a film that struggles with budget and other shortcomings, you find yourself with something that is difficult to finish. The way the story unfolds is difficult to follow which throw the pacing of the film off. Some major editing can fix this.
Finally, if you want something bloody and gory then you are out of luck. We do have beautiful cinematography and very nice shots but those wanting blood will be disappointed. Overall, People in the Walls is a bit rough but I was a fan of the cast. While I don’t recommend it in it’s current state, a lot of editing could save it. Until then, skip it.
